Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-23
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
A HANDSOME STREET COSTUME MI
nuTsLY DESCRIBED.
A Trick" Basque, or How to Maxi Many
Costumes Of one-Dress for Little
Girl window Dressing, Etc.
Correspondence Of the Richmond DlsDaich.I

New YORK, October %, 1897.
a handsome and snowy street cos
tune is in camels-hair cloth-Gobelin-
blue in color-made up with "novel-
iy" fabric, a frise plush mat srial,
which is in a darker blue lint, on a
grayish ground with yellow stripes ruu-
ming through II. This latter material
ccmposes the entire underskirt and
also furnishes the narrow and plain vest
appearing beneath the basque. The
latter is made with a position back,
and TIE cuffs and collars are of very
Gsrk-bue PLAN velvet. The back drl-
pGies are very straight and PLATA, lack
ing any noticeable bHfdnt effect upon
the hips, aud the tabiicr III front IS
long, narrow, and pointed. 1t IS so
made that the handsome skirt IL very
fully in view, as it is intended to be
When one has purchased some yards of
expensive goods ones chief anxiety IS
how best to display it naturally.
This is only the type OF the fashiona-
bic street dress. Ii is invariably made
with tasteful simplicity, but from rich
aud costly fabrics.
With every street dress a special bon
ret is required, the trimming being OF
color to correspond with the chief color
used in the costume. To this rule the
only exception is that black bonnet
is appropriate with every dress. if it be
trimmed with jet and black ostrich
| plumCs or lace.
With the above-described dress a
tiny capote, tying with pale-bue rib
bons, and garnished with gobelin-blue
plumes and pearl.gray ribbon, the
| frame being covered with bead-covered
cray velvet. forms an appropriate top
| knot.
A "TBICK" BASQUE.
A very clever young lady OF the
| chronicler's acquaintance possesses n
trick "a little device-whose OK
ceeding cuteness is worthy of spe-
cal mention 1t consists of a black
satin basque made TO wear over a vest
and elaborately beaded in JET. With
| this there is black satin skirt and
drapely. Now, the vest which is worn
with this dress varies with the occa-
sion. II any vest could be properly
said to belong TO this dress it is one Of
black satin covered with fine jet passc-
menierie; but besides this there are no
less than seven other vests, in various
tints. and having cuffs and collar to
| match. There is q primrose snrah, Il
Gark-red MORE, a white satin beaded,
81 embroidered blue silk, dark-blue
plain satin, a Gobelin surah with hand
| lCmc little buttons down the front, and
one of UicVr roVgc, also in Surlh.
This lady, although she is a very
clever and careful needlewoman, Is not
more than usually economical dresser,
Int she has compreheDded the fact that
| i YOU alter the most striking and con
spicuous portions OF dress, it becomes
| Practically another dress, 50 that most
OF her visitors arc entirely deceived rs
| 10 this black SATIN costume. and II thcy
NE sufficiently observant 10 take notice
of n lady's toilet, they imagine that
lie has ms many satin costumes as they
have seen her wear vests.
A CHARMING DRESS
for a little girl of eight or ten years is
made from warm plaid wOollcn mate
rial, appropriate to the season, and
comfortable. The upper portion IN
cludes a plain narrow vest OF velvet,
upon each side of which very broad
revers reaching at the top b the shout
der.soams, aud cOnyerging to a point
at the waist, are seen. These are OF
the plaid material, as also is the broad
collar which fits well over the shoulders
and is drawn TO point some distance
below the top of tue real collar-that
being Of velvet. About the waist a
MORE sash is drawn, tied ina large bow
inst at the waist, and the skirt below Is
loosely gathered and made full.
This combination of plaid woolens
with velvet is becoming popular for
children and looks very well, either for
The street, at home, or school.
English walkinghats OF felt have the
brims either turned up at both sides,
or turned mp in front, 50 that tde crown
sets in very deep. The trimming is dis
POSED on top and consists OF lace, arti-
fetal flowers, and ribbons. On these
Lats plumcs lare.
UINDOW-DEESSING.
The adornment of shop-windows has
become. at least in tue dry-goods trade,
q business in which great deal of In
cenuitv AID invention are necessary.
Here in New York aud in Brooklyn
the window drcsser's fertile brain has
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